How This Man Made the Leap From Artist to Entrepreneur
'The entrepreneurial spirit of defining, of iterating on a vision is what artists are fundamentally all about,' says Monegraph founder Kevin McCoy.
Editor's Note: This is an updated version of the story that was originally published in Entrepreneur's February issue.
How does a lifelong artist transition into entrepreneurship?
Easy: He relies on his creativity, like everyone else.
It’s a Saturday in December and things are not going well for Kevin McCoy. His year-old startup, Monegraph, released a major software update the previous evening and the bug fixes aren’t documented properly, the marketing materials aren’t complete, and the interfaces are barely holding together. The release, it seems, is a work in progress.
But then again, this CEO is a work in progress too. Until recently he just called
